Health

[ad_1] Why the citizens of the world should care The global COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for countries to invest in strong health infrastructure. In order to achieve the United Nations’ third global goal and ensure good health for all, it is important to have hard data on the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A woman who reportedly left her Woodlands Drive residence to buy bubble tea at Causeway Point on March 23, while serving a stay-at-home notice, later tested positive for Covid-19. Nurul Afiqah Mohammed, 22, was supposed to deliver her stay-at-home notice from March 21 to April 4, but …

[ad_1] FIBA announced on Friday that the Philippines will be one of three venues for the next window of the FIBA ​​Asian Cup Qualifiers 2021 in February next year. The third and final window will be held in Clark, Pampanga from February 18-22, 2021, and will be home to eight …

[ad_1] BEIRUT (Lebanon) – The venues for the upcoming February 2021 window of the FIBA ​​Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers have been confirmed by the FIBA ​​Asia Regional Office. After successfully hosting the Bubble Qualifiers games in November, the third and final window will also be staged as protected environment tournaments …

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: A patient crosses a bridge connecting buildings within Mount Sinai Hospital during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, New York, USA, Dec. 3 2020. REUTERS / Mike Segar WASHINGTON / NEW YORK – The daily death toll from COVID-19 in the US …

[ad_1] GENEVA, Switzerland – Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) accounted for seven of the top 10 causes of death before the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Dec. 9, and heart disease kills more people never. The new WHO World Health Estimates, which added 2019 data to statistics dating …

[ad_1] (CNN) – An 83-year-old Singaporean passenger aboard a “cruise to nowhere” has again tested negative for COVID-19 after a false positive stopped the trip, the Singapore Health Ministry said on Thursday. The man had initially tested positive for the virus while aboard the Quantum of the Seas, operated by …

[ad_1] CANNABIS or marijuana is still a dangerous drug, according to the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) and the Philippine Drug Control Agency (PDEA). The PDEA, in a statement released to the media through its Western Visayas regional office, said: “Following the decision of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs …

[ad_1] The Bacolod City Council approved in its third and last reading the annual budget of P2.6 billion for 2021. Deputy Mayor El Cid Familiaran said on Thursday, December 10, that the 2021 budget was approved unanimously during the regular session on Wednesday afternoon. He said that the 2021 budget …

[ad_1] Heart disease, which has remained the leading cause of death globally for the past 20 years, is now killing more people than ever, according to the World Health Organization. The WHO said diabetes and dementia are also among the world’s top 10 causes of death. The WHO’s 2019 global …